| Weinke v Asbestos Corp., Ltd. |
| 2026 NY Slip Op 00694 [246 AD3d 1407] |
| February 11, 2026 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| Victoria H. Weinke et al., Coexecutors of the Estate of Thomas
L. Carlson, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation of the Province of Quebec, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 1.) Merle C. Chapin et al., Plaintiffs, v Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation of the Province of Quebec, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 2.) Arlene M. Diermyer, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of James R. Diermyer, Sr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation of the Province of Quebec, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 3.) Nancy A. Matikosh, Individually and as Executor of the Estate of Samuel Matikosh, Jr., Deceased, Plaintiff, v Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation of the Province of Quebec, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 4.) Nancy M. Muir, as Executor of the Estate of Joseph L. Muir, Deceased, Respondent, v Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, as Successor by Merger to Buffalo Pumps, Inc., et al., Defendants. (Action No. 5.) Kenneth C. Zuhr et al., Plaintiffs, v Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., a Corporation of the Province of Quebec, et al., Defendants. (Action No. 6.) Hedman Resources Limited, Appellant. |
Clyde & Co Us LLP, New York City (Peter J. Dinunzio of counsel), for defendant-appellant.
Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comerford, LLC, Buffalo (Dennis P. Harlow of counsel), for plaintiff-respondent.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Erie County (Raymond W. Walter, J.), entered August 23, 2024, in a personal injury action. The order, inter alia, denied the motion of defendant Hedman Resources Limited to vacate a judgment obtained in action No. 5.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs (see Richards v Hedman Resources Ltd., 204 AD3d 1407, 1407-1409 [4th Dept 2022]). Present—Bannister, J.P., Montour, Smith, Nowak and DelConte, JJ.